Hooray! Another one. You have some competition what with all the new interviews on threadless's interview page.

*cues Chattin' With Chelly theme music*

i know. i wasn't sure if i should continue. but, they don't ask the important rumpah question.

have you ever seen Manos: The Hands of Fate?

excellent question, lemon!

....i hear it's shocking!

I love the redundancy of the title, since 'manos' means hands.

post apocolyptic bump

HANDS the hands of fate? i wonder if it is about jazz-hands.

bump?

hourly bumpage for the rumpage


sorry, it rhymed and couldn't be avoided

if you had to dress in drag as a famous woman of the movie screen, who would you choose?

manos seems to be avoiding this blog!

anyway, manos....WHAT is your favorite kind of hummus?

mine is spicy three pepper (brand : athenos), i'm hoping we agree.

do you believe in love at first sight?

Will you please have your family make me dolmades (see? I remembered!) and ship them overnight to me?

what? Thats a question...

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have you ever been hypnotized?

i will be answering shorty.

do you save the gallery photos of the ppl who bought your shirt?
No I don't but now that you mention it, it is not a bad idea :)


so, you are a blogger. how's that interaction effect your work as far as your art is concerned?
In most cases it just gets in the way - I tend to drift into checking and refreshing blogs again and again and eventually I start posting and I just loose track of time.
The worst case is when I tend to check every 5mins then go back to work for 10mins and then check again and it goes on and on. No focus and it makes me dizzy.

Lately I try to keep away when I got things to do :/

please recommend one cartoon and one children's book.
Cartoon=Family Guy, Children's Book=The Little Prince

where did you grow up and where are you now?
I was born in Newcastle, England and spend most of my childhood there. After that I had to move to Greece and I've been since then back and forth between the 2 countries. I finished Uni in Surrey and after years of working and living in London I decided it was time to move back once again to Greece and follow a new dream. I hope it comes true very soon. For now Greece is my new home.

what is your cult going to be called?
The Association Of G(r)eeks Who Turned Out Great

how much time do you find you generally spend on a design?
Tough to say - Some take a few days and others years. I have a funny way of working when it comes to my own designs. If a design doesn't work out I just let it be, work on something else and pick it up with a clear mind afterwards (could be hours, day or even months - it really depends on my mood. It helps me to get back on track and follow my initial perspective.

what do you personally feel is your strongest tee design to date?
I guess that is Cement Shoes - not in the visual sense, cause I find it somehow plain now but in the sense of storytelling. I like the fact that it can symbolize a lot of things and those are usually my favorite designs.

over or under?
Over


i grew up listening to a boring radio station; what music do you recommend i listen to in order to broaden my cool factor?
I like listening lately to Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love


what is your time machine (made out of)? where are you headed in said machine and why?
My time machine is made out of brain cells and it is heading far, far into the future. I'm very curious to find out what will happen to us as a race.

do you have any weird body/face tricks (example: crossing your toes, curling your tongue)?
No, nothing exciting.

what makes you shake your head?
General stupidity.

most importantly, what makes you shake your rumpah?
My rumpah shakes all the time.

have you ever seen Manos: The Hands of Fate?
No I'm afraid not and apparently it is very, very bad so now I am determined to find a copy.


if you had to dress in drag as a famous woman of the movie screen, who would you choose?
Marylin Monroe fo sho. (oh got what a horrible image)


WHAT is your favorite kind of hummus?
spicy hummus is an excellent choice as i love spicy food.

do you believe in love at first sight?
no, i don't. i guess I'm not that romantic :P

Will you please have your family make me dolmades (see? I remembered!) and ship them overnight to me?
I'll see what I can do - mama makes fantastic dolmades ;)

have you ever been hypnotized?
Yes once in front of a few friends. The guy was able to make my hands move to any direction he wanted without touching me and even though I was fighting it. It was scary in a way.

haha, yay!

i'm actually afraid to see that movie

also: mmmmm, dolmades

hey hey, thanks so much manos! it probably wasn't easy to answer all of these, and you did a great job providing a lot of details. there are lurkers around here that dig these interviews.

i wish upon you many more prints!

thank you :)

Nice one, manos.

Sorry to hear you were born in Newcastle, that must have been hard for you ;P

hahaha - why is everyone taking the piss out of Northern England? My senior designer, years ago, is a geordie and maaan he would get picked on because of that. It is like a magnet for jokes of all sorts of jokes but I guess this happens with all countries. The southern part always takes the piss out of the northern part and vise versa.
I like Newcastle, I am emotionally attach to it hehehe.

I'm just kidding. I've only been there once (to play a gig) and I didn't spend long there, it was actually really nice, though. I think Geordies are an easy target because their accent is so different.

It's the football team I take the piss out of most, though.

Oops.

1 second.

nice interview :)
can you point me in the direction of others in this series ?
(i've been without the internet for 6 months and am out of the loop:/ )

hello :)

Eskimokiss, the links are in Chelly's profile on the right.

der!
:/
thanks

Yes I admit the accent is one reason.

I like it though cause every sentence sounds like it ends with a question mark - and I like the sound of the word "Belter".

I guess I'm hopeless.

I love these questions..

i have no idea what a n. englander sounds like but i'm sure i'd find it endearing as any other accent that isn't similar to mine

now ask me something!

bump for afternoon crowd

bump it is

CONGRATS ON ANOTHER PRINT!!!!

thank you madmoiselle.

Wye-Aye, pet. Belter of a print, mon. Howay!